Hay-rack attachment for wagon-bolsters.



N 721,696. PATENTED MAR. s, 1903.

A. HAGBMEISTER.

HAY RACK ATTACHMENT FOR WAGON BOLSTERS.

" APPLICATION nun JULY 19, 1902.

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- Q/vihwouo UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AMOS HAGEMEISTER, OF ABSARAKA, NORTH DAKOTA.

HAY-RACK ATTACHM ENT' FOR WAGON-BOLSTERS SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 721,696, dated March 3, 1903.

Application filed July 19 1902. Serial No. 116,183, (No model) To all whom, it nutty concern.-

Be it known that 1, Autos HAGEMEISTER, a citizen of the United. States, residing at Absaraka, in the county of Cass and State of North Dakota, have invented a new and useful Hay-Rack Attachment for Wagon-Bolsters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improved attachment for wagons, and relates particularly to a device capable of ready attachment to the bolsters of an ordinary wagon, whereby the said wagon may be constructed for use as a haywagon. 1

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap, simple, and durable device for the purpose above set forth; and a further object is to provide a device whereby the body of the wagon may be held away from the front wheels of the running-gear, so that the wagon maybe turned in a very short space and the wheels held away from the contents or body of the wagon.

With these objects in view my invention comprises a supplemental bolster or beam to be placed upon and held by the front and rear bolsters of the wagon, and upon the said beams are placed brackets for holding the side-boards of the body of the wagon.

My invention also comprises certain details of construction and peculiar combination and arrangement of parts, as Will be fully described in the following specification and pointed out in the claims, reference being had to thedrawings, in which Figure l is a perspective view illustrating my attachment as applied to the front bolster of a wagon, the side-boards being removed. Fig. 2 is a plan "view of the same, showing one of the side-boardsin position and the other board shown in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional side elevation, the sectionbeing taken about on the line 3' 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail section on about the line 4 4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a diagrammatic plan view of a wagon-body with my improve erence tothe drawings, A indicates the ordinary wagon-bolster, upon which is held a supplemental bolster or beam B, having its ends cut out to fit standards A, carried by the bolster A, and upon the supplemental bolster B is arranged a plate 0, whose sides are flanged or bent downwardly, as at C, to fit against the sides of the bolster B, the ends of the plate adjacent the standards A being cut out and flanged, as shown at O to snugly fit against the said standards, and in practice I may find it desirable to secure the plate to the standards by means of a bolt running through the flanges (J and the bolster.

Upon the plate 0 and arranged at either end thereof is a bracket D, 'said brackets being preferably cast and eachicomprising a baseplate D and the outer and inner upwardlyextending portionszD and D the outer portion having perforations formed therein through which extend the ends of a U-shaped clip E, that are arranged to encircle the standards and have their ends threaded to receive the nuts by which the said sections D are firmly held to the uprights A of the bolster. The inner members are preferably made somewhat wider than the outer portion, and against these portions are held the side-boards F of the wagon-body, and each plate or portion D has its lower end terminating in angle extensions D the horizontal portions of which restunder the edge otthe board and are perforated to receive a screw or bolt that is driven into the lower edge ofv the board, and in practice I provide the members D with perforations, through which are passed screws or bolts that firmly hold the sides of the boards F in place. Suitable brace-rods G are formed between the inner and outer members of the bracket, and as a further means of securing the brackets to the plate other than the clips E, I employ the bolts or screws H, which are passed through the baseplate D into the plate 0, as most clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. 1

By reference to Fig.2 of the drawings it will be seen that the inner members of thebrackets are inclined outwardly both from thelb'otrangement permits of the side-boards being arranged upon the bolstersso that they will diverge fromthe front bolster to the rear boltom and front edges of the plate, whichar ster, so that the wheels of the front gear may be turned farther toward the side-boards than those of the wagon now commonly in use. Further, by the aforesaid construction I am enabled to equip an ordinary wagon-gear with my improvement at a very small expense, and as the brackets and supplemental bolsters will be manufactured to fit any and all wagons I am enabled to convert the ordinary wagon into a hay-wagon in a very short time. I may add that the brackets of the rear bolster are made substantially like those of the front bolster, the only difference being that the inner members of the brackets are arranged nearer the outer members and the base-plates consequently made shorter, which permits of the divergent arrangement of the boards from the front to the rear bolsters, as clearly seen in Fig. 5 of the drawings.

I may find it desirable when my device is used upon a light-weight wagon to dispense with the plate 0 and arrange the brackets directly upon a light supplemental beam, and I may state, further, that my device will be found particularly useful in hauling and transporting grain, straw, and corn-fodder and the like, and I therefore do not wish to limit myself exclusively to its use upon a haywagon.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a device of the kind described, the combination with a supplemental bolster, a flanged plate arranged thereon, brackets arranged upon the said plate, the said brackets comprising the base portions, the outer and inner upwardly-extending portions, the angle extensions formed upon the inner portions, and the brace-rods connecting the said outer and inner portions, substantially as shown and described.

2. An improved attachment for wagons, comprising the supplemental bolster, flanged plates arranged thereon, said bolster and plates having their ends cutout as shown, and the brackets arranged upon the plate, said brackets comprising the base portions, and the outer and inner upwardly-extending portions, said inner portions being arranged upon an angle, and the brace-rods connecting the outer and inner plates, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a device of the kind described, the combination of a wagon-bolster having uprights arranged thereon, a supplemental bolster arranged upon the wagon-bolster and having its ends cut out to receive the said uprights, a flanged plate arranged upon the supplemental bolster and having its ends cut out and flanged to receive the said uprights, brackets secured upon the said plate, said brackets comprising the base-plates and the outer and inner u pwardly-extending portions, clips carried by the outer portions and encircling said standards, and the brace-rods connecting the said outer and inner plates, substantially as shown and described.

'AMOS HAGEMEISTER.

\Vitnesses:

A. G. I-IANsoN, C. H. LAIZURE. 

